Fastening device.



A. G. HOEGRBN.

FASTENING DEVICE.

1122110 111011 FILED 0011.29, 1910.

1,008,91 1. Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

COLUMBIA vumuunAPfl CO.,WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERS G. I-IOEGREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HANDY GLOVEFAS- TENER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A PARTNERSHIP-FIRM.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 29, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDERs Gr. HOEGREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fastening Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to fastening devices of the typeemploying a cord and a plate cooperating therewith adapted forattachment to the article to be fastened and operating topermit of themovement of the cord with relation to the plate for releasably securingthe cord in adjusted position and permitting the same to be released byloosening it; my invention being devised more particularly for use as aglove fastener though it may be applied to other articles as will bemanifest.

My object is to provide a novel and simple construction of fasteningmeans which may be easily operated to grip the cord at the desiredpoints for securely fastening the article equipped therewith and readilyoperated to release the grip on the cord for loosening it.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe wristportion of a glove formed of relatively movable sections forpermitting the glove to fit the wrist, and equipped with my improvedfastening means; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the construction shown inFig. 1, with the fastener device released and the wrist-sections of theglove extended; Fig. 3 is a section taken at the line 3 on Fig. 1 andviewed in the direction of the arrow, and enlarged; and Fig. 4 aperspective view of the cordengaging plate employed.

For the purpose of illustrating my improved fastening-means I have shownthem as applied to a glove the wrist-portion of which is represented at6. As is usual in glove constructions the wrist-band is capable of beinggathered about the wrist of the wearer, a gore or web-section 7 beingemployed for preventing the formation of an objectionable gap at thewrist.

To one portion 9 of the wrist-section of the glove is attached an end ofa cord 10, as by passing this end of the cord through a hole in theglove and knotting it on the inside thereof, as represented at 11. Tothe lap-portion 12 of the glove is secured a tab 13 which contains ahole 14 and to which is fastened a plate 15, as shown in Fig. 3, withthe central portion of the plate registering with the hole 1.4:. Theplate 15 contains two openings 17 and 18, the opening 17 being'of anarc-shape, by preference, and the other opening 18 preferably smallerand circular. The plate 15 is secured to the tab 13 preferably in theposition shown to cause the openings 17 and 18 to be positioned asindicated. The free end of the cord 10 passes upward through the slot17, then over the web between the'holes 17 and 18, and thence backwardthrough the hole 18, and across the rear side of the plate to the slot17 through which latter the cord passes outwardly between the end wallof the slot 17 nearest the fixed end of the cord and the portion of thecord first passed through it.

It will be manifest fro-m the foregoing that when the parts of thefastening device occupy the positions illustrated in Fig. 1, the portionof the cord which lies in the end of the slot 17 is forced against thewall thereof by the tension on the portion of the cord bearing againstit and thus the cord is prevented from slipping in the holes 17 and 18.If, however, the tab 13 is swung away from the glove to the positionillustrated in Fig. 2 the binding tension of the looped cord againstthat part of the cord which lies at the end of the slot 17 is relievedand the cord may freely slide in the holes 17 and 18. It will thus beunderstood that the glove may be fastened by merely pulling on the freeend of the cord extending beyond the plate 15 and when the grasp of theoperator is released will automatically become gripped in adjustedposition; and when release of the glove is desired, the same may beeffected by merely swinging the tab 13 away from the fixed end of thecord which frees the frictional grip on the cord, and allows it to runfreely in the holes 17 and 18.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with an article having relatively movable parts, ofmeans for resaid openings, thence across the plate and through the otherof said openings, and thence back across the opposite side of the plateand through the first opening with the free end of the cord boundbetween one of the walls of said opening and the section of the cordlying within this opening, the section of the cord extending across theplate and producing the said binding action upon the free end of thecord in the opening, eX-

tending at an angle to the section of the cord which extends from itspoint of attachment with the article tothe plate.

2. In combination with an article having relatively movable parts, offastening means for releasably fastening said parts together, comprisinga plate carried by one of said parts and containing two openings one ofwhich is of a length sufiicient to permit two across the oppositeside'of the plate andthrough the first opening with the free end of thecord confined between the wall of the opening nearest the point ofattachment of the fixed end of the cord with the article and the sectionof the cord lying in this opening.

ANDERS G. HOEGREN.

In presence of JOHN WILsoN, RALPH SOHAEFER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

